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For everyone here checking out Artistic Mafia this is the place for you to appreciate and purchase high quality original canvas prints, poster prints and tee shirts designed by our talented vector artists from around the world. Check out our gallery.
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Hombre
Design Is My Hustle
A bit about yourself?
The Name: Undisclosed*
The Artist: Hombre
The Birth: Sep 10, 1985
The Heritage: Australian/Filipino
The Hustle: Graphic Art + Design
The Land: Gold Coast. Australia
What fuels your inspiration?
Familia, Friends, Other artists, Hip Hop, Opportunities for the taking, History, Comics, Cartoons, Philippines. Graffiti, Street Art, Good Food, Revolutionaries.
Pc or Mac? (not that anyone really gives a shit these days)
PC for life. Mac's are for fags. Wat's up with the apple? Wats that about.?? (Yes, I'm saying this because I do not own a Mac.)
Preferred program(s)?
Illustrator, Photoshop, Itunes, MSN.
Day Job?
Graphics & Print Apprentice, Freelance Designer
Preferred Job?
Head or Hand...
What do you do in your spare time besides creating art?
Hunt for smurfs in the backyard. Slay dragons and demons. Send hate mail to Santa. Throw talcum powder into postal boxes. Oh yeh, and Myspace!
Favourite words of advice?
'You are what you eat'
First thing you would ask President Bush if you got to meet him?
Is poo poo one word or two? How do you spell 'potatoe'? Does John Howard wear boxers or briefs? You wish you were black dont you?
Top 3 albums that have meaning to your life?
- 'God Loves Ugly' by Atmosphere
- 'Revolutionary 1 & 2' by Immortal Technique
- 'A Healthy Distrust' by Sage Francis
If you could destroy something man created what would it be and why?
I would destroy all types of currency (money). It's what seperates family, friends, society, countries, creates wars and smells funny.
A chance to say anything you want so go right ahead....
The next person I see to use that 'Papyrus' font, will be bitch slapped! Hombre Studios - Design Is My Hustle.
Check out all of Hombre's works by viewing his Artistic Mafia gallery.
Competition Winners!
Sunday 3rd December '06Well another month has come to an end and so has the second tee shirt design competition. Thank you to all the submitting artists and to the man who invented beer (you're all winners in my book). This months comp has been takin out by Ponuts who gets to stuff $250 into his pocket. Runners up include Kiza, Mr Fossil, Keloide and Bacon. Thanks guys for the submissions and keep an eye out for the next comp and the Merch section which will be launched very soon. Im off to get a beer....
Check out the winning designs over at the 'Competitions' page.
Competition Entries
Friday 1st December '06Thank you to everyone who has submitted entries for the November Cash competition. We've had such a great response and we're still taking entries for the next few hours for our overseas friends who are still in yesterday. A decision will be made in the next 24 hours, so look for an announcement to be made tomorrow morning. You could be made $250 richer, courtesy of Artistic Mafia.
A new month, a new Design Competition!
Friday 3rd November '06For those of you up for another challenge, we are holding the second tee shirt design competition. The theme is CASH. It'll be drawn on the 30th of November with the lucky winner taking home $250 cash.... Yup, awesome as shit!! Oh, and runners up get a free tee and some mafia cash. Well thats it for now. Keep the artworks coming and we'll keep giving you free stuff. Download the template here.
Ladies and Gents..... We have a winner!
Wednesday 1st November '06The very first Artistic Mafia tee shirt design competition has come to a close. Firstly we would like to thank all artists that submitted designs and kept the competition tight.... but there can only be one winner. This months winner is Frank Mino from Melbourne, Australia (dont go spending that cash on drugs and hookers)!!
Frank has won himself $250 cold hard cash. His design will also be screened and will become available to purchase through the upcoming Artistic Mafia merch section.
Runners up include 'Bc.', 'Wayward Stranger' and 'Soujohn' who have all scored a shirt and 25 mafia bucks. Check out the sweet arse winning designs here as well as a few others that came very close.
Halloween Competition
Tuesday 10th October '06The very first Artistic Mafia competition has officially begun. The main theme is HORROR with the winner being announced on Halloween (31st October '06).
All the finer details can be found over on the 'Competitions' page. There's $250 cash as well as a bunch of Artistic Mafia gear up for grabs, so make sure you get your designs in ASAP! Good luck!
Supremacy - The Party, Surfers Paradise
Saturday 30th September '06
Firstly we would like to thank everyone that rocked up to rock out to the Supremacy Show on Friday night. The night saw the give-away of 2 fully framed SUPREMACY canvas prints to 2 lucky punters along with plenty of Artistic Mafia merchandise.
This was our first chance to sponsor a musically driven event and thanks to the musicians, the guys at Rabbitbird and The Party Nightclub it was a great success.
Thank you AGAINST, THE AMITY AFFLICTION and AGGREVATED for destroying the crowd with an intense night of Hardcore/Metal and a big thank you to TONY RANGER for the artwork used in the show.
Keep your eyes and ears out for the next event!
Artistic Mafia website launched!
Friday 29th September '06Well it's taken a while to reach this day, but we are very proud to announce that Artistic Mafia is now officially open! Browse around the gallery, submit your artworks, vote for your favourites, critique some artworks - whatever pumps your nads.
Also make sure that you all make it out to The Party niteclub in Surfers Paradise tonight for SUPREMACY. With Against, The Amity Affliction and Aggrevated providing the sounds, be there for your chance to win Artistic Mafia tees as well as 2 one off canvas prints of the Tony Ranger Supremacy artwork.
